Glass recycling

If you want to ensure that your glass recycling does not end up in a landfill, rinse your glass well, check it isn’t broken, and take the lids off.

If you live in Zone One your glass recycling will be picked up every two weeks. Once you have found out your collection day and week make sure that you:

• Put your glass recycling out by 7:30am on your collection day
• Place the glass crate as close to the kerb as possible and clear of the footpath
• Do not over fill your glass crate. Overfull glass crates are a safety hazard. You must ensure the glass is level with the top of the crate or it may not be picked up.
• Extra bottles can be taken to the Westport or Reefton Transfer Station for FREE.

Requirements for your glass recycling

Glass recycling needs to meet a high standard to be accepted by manufacturers who turn your bottle into a new product. If your glass recycling does not meet these standards it will go to landfill.

Common things that will send your glass recycling down this path are broken glass, glass in the main recycling bin (and not the special crate) and things that are not accepted such as lids and dirty glass.

To avoid this grim destiny, make sure you:

• Check your glass recycling and only put accepted products into your recycling. Read what to leave out in this helpful guide.
• Take lids off your glass recycling (dispose of these in your rubbish)
• Rinse your glass recycling to make sure it is clean.

If you dispose your extra glass recycling at the Westport or Reefton Transfer Stations, you need to colour-sort your glass recycling.

Check out the guides below to get your colour sorting right.

• Glass sorting - Get the three colour groups right
• Colour sorting glass correctly
• Glass contamination guide

Now that you know how to do it correctly – get into it and make sure your glass recycling has a second life.